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This” material contain information affecting the National Defense of. the. United Stetes within ‘the meaning. of tho Espronege Laws, Titte 18, US.C Sees.
793 and 794, the transmission or ravalation of vhich’ in any Mmanar fo an unauthorized perton is orohibited by faw.

_ CONFIDENTIAL

COUNTRY ‘SOUTH VIETNAM - , REPORTNO. TOCS 05-3/656,771

"pare oiste, .21 septemBer 1963 _

SUBJECT = PHAM NGOG THAO..AND ‘TUYEN GROUP
_ READY: TO LAUNCH :COUP BTETAT .
; PRECEDENCE PRIORITY

Info. - 1869 SEPTEMBER. 1963 “ee m 2lt185

DATE ACO. VLETNAMy SAIGON (18419 -septemBer. 1963)
FIELD REPORT NO. Frys. 9674

THIS 1S UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 1S TENTATIVE.
A-V-LETNAMESE NAT LONAL EST ‘WITHOEXCELLENT CONTACTS IN :LEGAL .AND: POLITICAL CIRCLES
(WITH. PARAGRAPH. ‘1 .FROM-DUONG .AND. WITH..PARAGRAPH ‘2.FROM LINH. , , ,
PLANS. BY: THE :TUYEN..GROUP TO LAUNCH .A .COUP. DNETAT ARE..PROBABLY CONTINUING,

oBUT THE PRECISE TIMING AND CAPABILITY ARE DIFFICULT. ‘TO: DETERM LNE

* SOURCE
APPRAISAL?.

ls THE. MOVE. To OUST THE NGO FAMILY FROM POWER’ WAS SCHEDULED FOR’

. THE “WEEK SBEGINNING: 22% ‘SEPTEMBER 19635 “ACCORDING To: NGUYEN HUU- ‘DUONG,
GOVERNUERT “ATTORNEY - “ER: HE: SAtGON’ MUNICIPAL . COURTS® ‘ARD- MEMBER oF THE.
TRAN KIM TOYEN COUP GROUP, DUONG SAID“ON™ 19 SEPTEMBER” THAT” CLEUTENANT

; COLONEL ; !PHAM Naoc THAO; STRATEGIC HAMLET" INSPECTOR FOR” NGO DINF NHU

AND’ MEMBER OF BOTH" THE - TUYEN: GROUP “AND” TRE™ GROUP CED BY HUYNH: VAN

LANG, ‘cgphiomyes’ PROFESSOR AT. SAIGON. UNIVERSITY, HAD: .GIVEN HIM: THIS
INFORMAT,JON. -THAO HAD ALSO TOLD’ DUONG THAT GENERALS DUONG VAN. MINH,

MILITARY ADVISOR: TO THE PRESIDENT, AND LE VAN KIM OF THE MINISTRY OF

NATIONAL ‘BEFENSE, : WERE INVOLVED IN THE PLANS.

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2, BRIGADIER GENERAL NGUYEN’ KHANH, COMMANDTNG GENERAL, 11 CORPS,
WOULD MOVE ‘ON HUE AT" THE” SAME” TIME,” THAT" THA LAUNCHED™ HIS MOVE .IN
‘SAIGON, ACCORDING TO’ A STATEMENT BY” E VEUTENANT™ NGUYEN NGOC LINH,
KHANH'S AIDE, ON 18 SEPTEMBER, LINH ALSO SAID THAT THAO WAS

READY T@-MOVE WITHIN A WEEK TO-OVERTHROW DIEM,

! 3. FIELD DISSEM, STATE AMBASSADOR LODGE, _ USMACV (GENERAL

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